Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-03-08
to 90. Then the two thirds rule was
adopted with hurrah.

gramme, the ball was opened by Colonel
Chambers, who, II speech of COM
mandatory vein, put in nomination fer
city attorney Mr.. I'd f. Warren,
Colonel Cunningham said some very
complimentary things of Mr.. T. J.
Powell, whom ne put in nomination.
Mr.. Tatum nominated Mr.. Capps,
whom he said had made a faithful attor-
ney who had in the past guarded well the
interests of the city.
Judge Humphreys in very pretty talk
eulogized and nominated Mr.. Drew
Pruit.
Captain J. W. Adams put Mr.. C. NJ. Tenn
pleton in nomination in short speech, in
which he did justice 20 his merits and
ability.
The nominations were then declared
closed, sud the serious business of the day,
THE BALLoTING, BEGAN.
On the first ballot the vote stood
Capns, So; Powell, Il So; Pruit,
Il EGO; Templetoa, 81 so: Warren, 81.
The second ballot was: Caps, SO 2-2O;
Powell, - AGO; Pruit, Is 44-dO; War
rem, /; Templeton, II.
Ga the third ballot Capps and Pruit
lost slightly and the others made
corresponding gains. On the
eighth ballot Mr.. Swayne withdrew
the name of Mr.. Warren. The tenth
ballot stood: Capps, 50; Powell, 10 -:
Pruit, - l-3. Thus it ran with slight
fluctuations till thu Seventeenth ballot,
wnen Capps reached 80 1850; Powell,
- 2-60. Pruit had dropped now to
II 4-20. On the next vote Powell led by
something over two votes.
The twenty second, the last ballot before
adjournment showed Caps, 81; Powell,
81 1920; Pruit, - 20; at the an
nouncement OF which the Powell men
Cheered until the old building rang with
the tumult.
THE NIGHT SESSION.
The convention met again at $50.
Already there were plentiful signs
Of deadlock. 1t seems that
none of the candidates would
be able to get the necessary two
thirds, or the 81 votes required for tae
nomination. The ballotihg was gone st
dates al ernated in leading their respect
i've partisans in the lobbY-the third
house as it were-rent the air with deaf
ening racket that was beard blocks away.
The first vote after supper, which was
the twenty third cast, was: Capps,
So; Powell, 81 1920; Pruitt,
- 7-20. On the twenty-ffth ballot
Powell ran up to -, but on the next
Capp5 got the same number. Or the
thirty irst Templeton, who had dropped
out of the race, got j votes. Pruit had
dropped down to +, and 1t looked as if
either Caps or Powell, with 81 and 81
votes each, would win. But it isn't often
that there is any predicting the thing that
a convention will do. 1t wGs 50 now
On the thirty sixth ballot Pruit
forged to the front with 81,
and kept gaining till the thirty eighth
vote, when he went up to II, Capps 81,
Powell 3. At this point Fruits friends,
who had stuck by MIN with exceeding
loyalty, began to think their man was 60
ing to conquer, but their hopes sunk to
zero when on the very next count OILY |
votes were recorded for him.
A little while before this Tom Witten, |
delegate from the First Ward, had rather |
surprised the convention by springing
DARK HORSE
in the person of Mr.. Ben Ayres, but lust |
at that time dark horses did not seem to |
be in favor, and but q slim vote WAS &C
corded the new conner, though the crowd |
outside the oar cheered him vociferously. |
When the thirty-ninth ballot came to be |
taken Colonel J. p. Smith arose and in
troduCed motion that fell in some quar-
tiers like bombshell. 1t was to drop the |
hindmost man in the voting thereafter, |
and continue so doing until if no one of |
them secured the two-thirds TO bring for |
ward a new man. In moving this Colonel |
Smith took up the cudgels in favor of !
dark horses handsomely. He said that |
it used to be that the office .
hunted the man, now the man |
hunted the office; the convention if it |
saw tit had perfect right to nominate |
whom it pleased. His motion easily pre-
vailed.
The thirty nine vote sealed Mr.. Fruits
fate, being dropped as the lowest man
The fortieth ballot was watched with the |
deepest interest, and when Stuart Harri- .
son stood up to announce it, it seemed as |
if the assemblage held its breath. 1t was /
"Capps, 81; Powell, A." The cheering |
hitherto done by the Powell faction, was |
faint, compared with the outburst with !
which this announcement was received |
1t was g
REGULAR REBEL YELL,
and no mistake, and the friends of |
the bright, genial and popular
young lawyer thought that he was
there Eli. The Capps men looked
somewhat blue, but determined as ever. |
There was no sign of wavering among
them. They came there to vote for VIII |
liam Capps as long as his name was be- |
fore the house, and right steadfastly did
they cling 20 him. And it should not be
forgotten that Caups had some shouters
too, and they yelled fer him long and
Justify.
According to the motion just adopted, |
this vote retired Mr.. Capps, to the gre
vious disappointment OF his friends, par
the faithful! twenty-five in the
FIRST ward, who had never faltered in |
their allegiance. His followers began to |
consult what was now to be done, and it |
was determined to throw the strength !
that mad been given him to his partner,
Mr.. S. B. CAVITY
TO BREAK THE LOCK.
They We're getting somewhat weary by |
this time, even the most enthusiastic of |
the boys, and when Mr.. J. ?. Nicks got |
up on chair to speak ne was listened to .
with profound attention, as if there was
8 premonition of & change in the pro-
gramme. Mr.. Nicks spoke, he said, for the !
sake of harmony and of getting through the |
work. He would, therefore, since it |
seemed impossible to nominate any of |
those who had been runnino Mace hefora